On Saturday night, the Texas baseball team will open a super regional against Oregon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
This super regional is a best-of-three series that will send its winner to the College World Series. The No. 6 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, Texas (43-13) opened its postseason run last week with a regional sweep of Holy Cross, Tarleton State and UC Santa Barbara. The 11th-seeded Ducks (43-16) went 3-0 against Yale, Washington State and Oregon State in its regional.
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Texas, which last hosted a super regional in 2021, is trying to secure its 39th trip to the College World Series. Oregon last qualified for the College World Series in 1954.
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Texas Longhorns infielder Casey Borba (31) runs home for a score during the NCAA Baseball Regional game against UC Santa Barbara at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday, May 301 2026 in Austin.
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Oregon cut into the Texas lead with Drew Smith’s team-leading 16th homer of the season. The Ducks, however, are running out of outs at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
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After Oregon stranded two runners in the top of the seventh, Texas was retired in order in the inning’s bottom half. Texas freshman Brody Walls will exit the Texas bullpen and replace Luke Harrison, a season-long starter who threw 27 pitches in a surprise appearance out of the Texas bullpen.
After Oregon made Texas sweat a little in the top of the sixth inning, the Longhorns returned the favor. Adrian Rodriguez recorded his career-high fourth RBI of the game on a sacrifice fly before Ethan Mendoza pounded a two-run homer to left field.
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Texas has announced a crowd of 8,550 for tonight’s game against the Ducks. That is the second-largest crowd to see a baseball game at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, and that tidbit comes with an asterisk. Texas recognizes the 10,000 fans who saw a 1977 exhibition against the Texas Rangers to be the stadium’s attendance record, but tonight is a record for an NCAA-sanctioned game.
Tonight’s crowd bested the 8,502 who attended an NCAA regional game against Louisiana Tech on June 4, 2022.
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Texas announces a crowd of 8,550 for Game 1 of this super regional against Oregon. Throw out the Texas Rangers exhibition in 1977 and that is the largest-ever crowd at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/aZN10zG489
— Danny Davis (@_dannydavis) June 7, 2026
Things have gotten interesting at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. After wasting ample scoring opportunities over the first five innings, Oregon got on the scoreboard by drawing two bases-loaded walks. Those two runs forced Texas to make its second pitching change of the inning, and UT senior Luke Harrison struck out Burke-Lee Mabeus to get the Longhorns out of the jam.
The appearance by Harrison is notable. Even though Texas had not yet announced a starter for the second game of this super regional, Harrison seemed like the front-runner for the gig. Ruger Riojas now seems like the likely candidate to start on Sunday. If Texas needs to put together a pitching plan on Monday, how much Harrison pitches tonight will be a factor.
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Four innings after he got Texas on the scoreboard with a two-run double, Adrian Rodriguez struck again in the fifth inning with an RBI single. In the NCAA Tournament, Rodriguez is now 9-for-14.
Rodriguez is responsible for two of UT’s four hits this evening. He later scored in the fifth inning when Dariyan Pendergress was hit by a Leo Uelmen pitch with the bases loaded.
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The Ducks left a runner on third base for the fourth time tonight as Dylan Volantis struck out Oregon designated hitter Naulivou Lauaki to end the inning. While allowing seven hits and three walks, Volantis has thrown 96 pitches through five innings. Texas does not yet have any serious action happening in its bullpen.
Texas forced Oregon starter Cal Scolari out of the game by loading the bases with two outs in the fourth inning, but reliever Jonah Barkoff was unable to limit the damage. Barkoff, a second-year left-hander who had thrown 5 ⅓ innings in his collegiate career, was called for a run-scoring balk while facing UT slugger Carson Tinney
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Oregon continues to squander scoring opportunities. The Ducks got runners to second base and third base with no outs in the fourth frame, but Dylan Volantis struck out two batters before Angel Laya grounded out to first base.
Oregon has stranded eight runners today. The Ducks are 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and 1-for-12 with runners aboard. Four of Volantis’ seven strikeouts have been recorded with a Duck on third base.
Oregon loaded the bases with one out in the third inning, but Texas got out of the jam with a Dylan Volantis strikeout and a groundout to second base. Through three innings, Volantis has allowed three hits and three walks while throwing a career-high three wild pitches. He has thrown 58 pitches.
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During the Austin regional, six Longhorns – Anthony Pack Jr., Aiden Robbins, Jayden Duplantier, Carson Tinney, Ethan Mendoza and Adrian Rodriguez – went deep. On Saturday, Casey Borba got in on the fun with the first homer of UT’s super regional. The 395-foot blast into the Ford tailgate area in right field was the 18th home run of Borba’s junior season.
That home run was also the 100th of UT’s season. With that swing, Texas joined FDU as the only teams to record 100 homers and 100 steals this season. According to Texas, no other baseball program from a Power 4 conference has reached that milestone in the past 15 years.
But while Borba provided Texas with a highlight, the inning’s biggest play may have involved speedy outfielder Dariyan Pendergrass and Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle. With one out, Pendergrass was called out on an attempt steal of third base. Pendergrass and third-base coach Nolan Cain immediately implored Schlossnagle to challenge the play, which he did. After the call was overturned, Pendergrass scored UT’s fourth run on a sacrifice fly.
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Texas is on the scoreboard first. With two outs, Adrian Rodriguez brought home two teammates with a double off of Oregon starter Cal Scolari. The double was Rodriguez’s 15th of the season, which ranks on the Texas roster behind just the 16 doubles recorded this season by Anthony Pack Jr.
Oregon got its leadoff hitter to third base with two outs in the opening inning, but Dylan Volantis’ third strikeout of the inning ended the threat. Volantis threw two wild pitches in the first inning, which tied a career-high for the sophomore left-hander.
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When: 7 p.m. CT Saturday
Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field
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Oregon’s Cal Scolari (37) throws during an NCAA baseball game against Northwestern on Sunday, March 22, 2026, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
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RF Aiden Robbins
C Carson Tinney
LF Anthony Pack Jr.
2B Temo Becerra
SS Adrian Rodriguez
DH Ethan Mendoza
1B Ashton Larson
3B Casey Borba
CF Dariyan Pendergrass
LF Jax Gimenez
RF Angel Laya
2B Ryan Cooney
3B Drew Smith
1B Brayden Jaksa
C Burke-Lee Mabeus
DH Naulivou Lauaki
SS Maddon Molony
CF Jack Brooks
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LHP Dylan Volantis (9-1, 1.94 ERA)
Oregon RHP Cal Scolari (5-0, 2.70 ERA)
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